[CW] Question about marine radiograms

[Richard Knoppow]

     Thanks for the detective work. What I was curious about is 
how a message from a ship was delivered to its final destination. 
I had not really considered this before but from the few clues I 
have I am guessing the coastal stations sent the messages via WU. 
Probably the same for messages to ships except they could 
probably be filed either with WU or perhaps directly with the 
radio company.

On 11/6/2018 3:59 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Hello Richard,
> 
> I haven't searched for the information to see if it appears on the
> Internet, but here goes:
> 
> Western Union was granted a monopoly on domestic telegraphic
> communications.  They even had two teleprinter networks, WUD Western
> Union Domestic  and  (WUI) Western Union International.
> 
> If you had a telegram, it had to go by Western Union.  There were
> court cases galore.  ITT was granted gateway cities, they could only
> have teleprinters in USA at gateway cities, I think they were New
> York, Miami, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.  From there they had to
> go Western Union.  Western Union had also telex lines WUD Western
> Union Domestic and WUI Western Union International.  Memory says WUD
> numbers began with 6, RCA numbers began with 2, ITT numbers began with
> 4, then there was French Telegraph Company (FTC).
> 
> I searched and info predates Internet so it's hard to find.
> 
> Here's a full list I found on Internet of telex providers, but
> https://sendtelegram.com/# says they're registered to replace WUD -
> Western Union which handled USA telegrams.
> 
> Telex Providers - private telegraph service (automatic direct dialed
> teleprinter)
> USA
> (FTCC)
> (GRAPHNET)
> (ITT)
> (RCA)
> (TRT)
> (TWX)
> (WUD)
> (WUC)
> (WUI)
> 
> This is enough to get you started.  Western Union as it once was is no
> more, someone bought them mainly for their bank wire services.
> 
> 73
> DR
>

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Richard Knoppow
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